ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: September 2020

Very Good: B-

EFB Inaugural Criteria

Essential Films Blog is comprised of only films that are warranting a B- rating of quality or above.

Cinematic Aesthetic Theory

The films that are honored in this publication are viewed in their capacity to be visually splendorous (the paramount aspect of film) and emotionally stirring; demonstrated through the spheres of story, music and/or imagery.

The true, vital mark of great cinema is the mastery of time, place, and tone throughout a work.

Cinema, as a medium of the visual, and by that virtue one of the most lasting art forms on the partaker, must be assessed fundamentally on its aptitude to document the scenery of life experience with power.

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Documentaries are included in this undertaking, but short films, although many remarkable selections can be unearthed, are unfortunately not.

ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG

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Sunday, September 27, 2020

Son of Saul - 2015

Monday, September 21, 2020

Paris Is Burning - 1990

Lost in America - 1985

Saturday, September 19, 2020

The Godfather - 1972

Thursday, September 17, 2020

The Battle of Algiers - 1966

Saturday, September 12, 2020

The French Connection - 1971

Monday, September 7, 2020

The Conformist - 1970

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Never Rarely Sometimes Always - 2020